Hleðslutækið er í bílnum og rafhlaðan er tóm líka.

The charger is in the car and the battery is empty too.

Breakdown of Hleðslutækið er í bílnum og rafhlaðan er tóm líka.

• vera: to be
• bíllinn: the car
• líka: too
• í: in

Questions & Answers about Hleðslutækið er í bílnum og rafhlaðan er tóm líka.

Why do the nouns have those endings (-ið, -num, -an)? Are they “the”?

Yes. Icelandic adds the definite article as an ending:

• Neuter: -ið → hleðslutækið = the charger (indefinite: hleðslutæki)
• Masculine: -inn (but dative -num) → bílnum = in the car (dative definite of bíll, “car”)
• Feminine: -an → rafhlaðan = the battery (indefinite: rafhlaða)

Why is it “í bílnum” and not another case?

The preposition í (“in/into”) governs:

• Dative for location (being somewhere): í bílnum = in the car.
• Accusative for motion/direction (into): í bílinn = into the car. Your sentence is about location, so dative (bílnum) is correct.

Why is the adjective “tóm” (empty) not “tóma” with a definite noun?

Because it’s a predicative adjective (after “is”), and predicative adjectives normally take the strong endings. For “empty”:

• Masculine nom sg: tómur
• Feminine nom sg: tóm
• Neuter nom/acc sg: tómt Here, rafhlaðan is feminine, so tóm is right. If you put the adjective directly before a definite noun (“the empty battery”), you use the weak form: tóma rafhlaðan.

Where should I put “líka” (also/too)? Is “tóm líka” okay?